October 2016 Newsletter
Public Health Program gets stamp of approval
After three years of preparation, the Master of Public Health Program has received accreditation for five years from the Council on Education for Public Health, making it the first program in the province, and only the fourth in Canada, to receive this stamp of approval...
Dr. Michael Rieder receives 2016 Paediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award
More than 25 years of hard work and dedication to the international and national paediatric health care communities has earned Dr. Michael Rieder the Paediatric Chairs of Canada’s 2016 Paediatric Academic Leadership – Clinician Investigator Award...
Top 10 We Act Achievements countdown
During the next few months, we’ll be sharing with you the Top 10 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry We Act Achievements. There have been a number of great initiatives implemented, and our top 10 list touches on a few of the efforts made to enrich the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry community...
Taking a leadership role in competency-based medical education
Dr. Michael J. Strong shares his vision for Schulich Medicine CBME and the opportunity for the School to become a national leader in this edition of the Dean's Video Newsletter...
Celebrating our achievements
Congratulations to Jake Armstrong, Steven Wong, Roshan Navaratnam, Dominic LeBlanc, Dr. Stewart Harris, Dr. Michel Lacerte, Dr. Moira Stewart, Dr. Allison Meiwald, Dr. Shane Smith, Dr. Judith Belle Brown, Dr. Neil Duggal, Marjorie Johnson, PhD, and Amanda Sauvé...
Leading the way
Betty Holme takes on a volunteer leadership role for the 2017 United Way Campaign...
Digging deeper: Tharsan Kanagalingam
Once Tharsan Kanagalingam started working on asthma research in his undergraduate career, he didn't want to stop. It's what has driven the MSc Candidate to dig deeper for answers...
Doing it better: Dr. Mark Goldszmidt
How can we do this better? It’s a question that Dr. Mark Goldszmidt has been asking about medical education and the delivery of patient care for the past 20 years...
The R.E.A.L Life: Woodstock General Hospital - Hospitalist Medicine
In the second installment of the R.E.A.L. Life series, we follow faculty member Dr. Puneet Seth and second-year resident Dr. Rachel Orchard as they complete patient rounds at Woodstock General Hospital. Discover the day-to-day learning experiences taking place in this community hospitalist practice...
Resident spotlight: Dr. Cassandra Townsend
Prior to entering medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dr. Cassandra Townsend never knew that her brain would be able to hold such a vast amount of knowledge related to the field of medicine...- Henry Barnett, Robarts founder and philanthropist, dies at 94
Famed medical researcher Dr. Henry Barnett, co-founder of the Robarts Research Institute, who served as its first scientific director, died peacefully in the company of family on October. He was 94... - Attacking the asthma problem
International leading researchers Drs. Stephen Holgate and Malcolm Sears have transformed approaches to the treatment and management of asthma. They will present their influential work and receive the 2016 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine on November 10... - Plaque unveiling in celebration of Dr. Wesley Dunn
Faculty, staff and community members came together earlier this month to celebrate Dr. Wesley Dunn and his longstanding commitment to Dentistry. The glass plaque, honouring Dr. Dunn, was unveiled in the waiting room of the Main Adult Dental Clinic... - Send us your submissions for our guide to holiday entertainment
We are compiling a list of our favourite holiday pastimes. Do you have a favourite book, movie, family game or song that puts a little more cheer in your holiday celebrations? Send us your submission with a brief explanation about what it means to you to comms@schulich.uwo.ca by December 2... - Showcasing the stethoscope’s evolution
Faculty, medical students, local historians and community members came together on October 18 to listen to Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at Queen’s University, at the second annual Visiting Speaker Series presented by the History of Medicine Office... - Hospital and Lawson email system changes
London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care London, Lawson Health Research Institute and HealthCare Materials Management System are changing email systems from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Outlook in November... 
October tweets of the month
Catch up on the best 140-character thoughts from our faculty, staff and students including Gary Tithecott, David Palma and Dan Hardy...
Tips & tricks for proper pumpkin disposal
As we approach Halloween, keep in mind that there are proper methods for disposing of pumpkins. Kevin Inchley, Facilities, highlights some of the best ways to dispose of your pumpkins...
Upcoming events
Head over to MSB lobby on October 28 for Cupcake Day in support of the 2016 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry United Way campaign. The Dr. Edwin Seaborn lecture and plaque unveiling will take place on November 1...
